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This is a discussion on Broken Websites? within the Webmaster Discussion forums, part of the Webmaster Help category; I'd be interested in compiling a list of sites that suffer from issues / breakage under Firefox and other browsers. ...

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    I'd be interested in compiling a list of sites that suffer from issues / breakage under Firefox and other browsers.

    Here's a couple to start with :

    Cork City - eeek!
    Driving Test - forms don't work properly on firefox
    AIB business banking - requires MS JVM

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    Cork City is a classic. It doesn't render properly in IE7, Netscape, Opera OR Firefox. I had to dig out IE6 to see it properly.

    In fairness, they do say that "site will only operate correctly by using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater". They just forgot to mention that there must be a full moon and there must be a 'z' in the month.

    And they advertise that they are Golden Spider winners. Doesn't say much for GS.

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    Dublin.ie, on the other hand, works quite well in most browsers ...

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    "quite" being the operative word. It works, but is a bit ragged.

    The main one that p*ss*s me off is anytime.ulsterbank.com. It will only work under IE and is very picky about the installed version of Java. I have had to set up a dedicated PC for this one

    Another minor irritation - www.superquinn4food.ie - will not work at all if JavaScript is disabled.

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    Quote Originally Posted by richardo
    "quite" being the operative word. It works, but is a bit ragged.

    The main one that p*ss*s me off is anytime.ulsterbank.com. It will only work under IE and is very picky about the installed version of Java. I have had to set up a dedicated PC for this one

    Another minor irritation - www.superquinn4food.ie - will not work at all if JavaScript is disabled.
    I have an Ulster bank account and had no problems in both IE and Firefox. Indeed is picky about the Java but if you have the latest version it shouldn't be a problem.
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    Will the Ulster bank site use "normal" java?

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    Quote Originally Posted by blacknight
    Will the Ulster bank site use "normal" java?
    not a clue. I have the latest JavaSun version and that seems to work alright.
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    Quote Originally Posted by richardo
    Another minor irritation - www.superquinn4food.ie - will not work at all if JavaScript is disabled.
    Why would you disable Javascript?

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    Quote Originally Posted by blacknight
    Why would you disable Javascript?
    I wouldn't, but a lot of people would. From bitter experience with a project of mine, I found that quite a few poeple have javascript disabled. Also I know of at least one major corporation that has it disabled on the default browser install.

    Designers/developers should never rely on a technology for site functionality, if that technology can be disabled clientside. Javascript is fine for rollovers and the like, where the site will work perfectly well without.

    Louie - any chance you could PM me the location of the .der file for Firefox? I thought they only supported IE and Netscape.

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    should be in C:\Documents and Settings\yourname

    you are talking about the crypto shell extension.
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